My family better not reach the size of my record collection!
I also missed a lot of good stuff when I was younger so I'm very grateful for all the good reissues. Apart from the music papers and browsing record stores it was hard to know what was out there.
Going into reggae shops was pretty intimidating for a skinny 15 year old white kid like me - though I must say I never experienced the rudeness of Keith at Daddy kool that many people talk about - I always found it to be a good experience.
Mark T

Entered 2 orders at 2 shops last night but didn`t fire them of yet. I wish I had a bit more self discipline.
Thank god this addiction will only kill my bank account - not myself.

I sometimes wonder how I got hooked on this sound and why I am soo serious about this music while all the others keep shaking their heads and switch on the radio - listening to whatever is thrown at them. Just doesn`t work for me.

What is so special about this sound? Why do I not hear it the same way like others do?

Entered 2 orders at 2 shops last night but didn`t fire them of yet. I wish I had a bit more self discipline.Thank god this addiction will only kill my bank account - not myself.

I sometimes wonder how I got hooked on this sound and why I am soo serious about this music while all the others keep shaking their heads and switch on the radio - listening to whatever is thrown at them. Just doesn`t work for me.

What is so special about this sound? Why do I not hear it the same way like others do?

When my British wife was encouraging me to move to the UK (I'm American), one of the stipulations was that I could buy whatever music I wanted without question. While I've never taken outrageous advantage of this arrangement, we did eventually settle on an agreed budget. (And charity shop/boot fair purchases don't count.)

Nonethess, I sometimes get the feeling that it's the hunt rather than the kill that's driving the urge.

Some of the true confessions of the vinyl addicts, myself included, reminds me of some of the dialogue from the movie 'Key Largo' with Humphrey Bogart as Frank and Edward G. Robinson as Johnny Rocco, the gangster on the run:

How much is enough? Just a little bit more than you have.
It's as simple as that.
Aaron - I love the stipulation that charity shops/boot sales don't count - makes perfect sense to an addicted mind like mine.
Just received the 4 Scrub a Dub 12"s today!
Mark T

Man I looked at the parcel I received today just while I was listening to the tune and I remembered this topic...the parcel was not opened, it was absolutely burst .....Addiction seems to be the proper name..

Am I the only one concluding that all of this has nothing to do with vinyl or
music but SHOPPING? It's a shopping addiction and plenty of people have
them and they can get out of control pretty fast and have the same
characteristics as ANY other addiction though some of the symptoms may be less harmful. Take "less harmful" with a grain of salt though because plenty
in the U.S., for example are in crazy debt because of a spending addiction
and their credit cards.

You all sound like drug addicts with all the excuses and rationalizations and
most importantly delusions about how it's just music and music is good for
you and a healthy thing to indulge in etc. etc.........this last bit may be true
but it ain't the truth when you're using it as an excuse to fuel the true reality
which is that you want to spend money and shop because it gives you a rush and a nice feeling and is in fact chemical in nature and if you just pay attention you can feel it happening. There is usually a very very subtle but
concentrated dose of euphoric feeling JUST BEFORE the actual purchase is made or about to be made, listen and you'll hear it.

No amount of tune or record or "limit" will ever be enough if this feeling is
what is fueling your motivations. Hence, like someone mentioned above
how it's about the "hunt," oh REALLY, is that what a high is called now, the "hunt," that word is just a replacement for the "fix" or "high" when compared to something more obvious like a drug addiction. And when a high runs out you have to get more or you feel uneasy, restless, etc.

Let's call it what it is folks, otherwise you sound like a bunch of drunks talking about what you will could or should do but won't ever get around to doing.

Novice wrote:Am I the only one concluding that all of this has nothing to do with vinyl ormusic but SHOPPING? It's a shopping addiction and plenty of people havethem and they can get out of control pretty fast and have the same characteristics as ANY other addiction though some of the symptoms may be less harmful. Take "less harmful" with a grain of salt though because plentyin the U.S., for example are in crazy debt because of a spending addictionand their credit cards.

You all sound like drug addicts with all the excuses and rationalizations andmost importantly delusions about how it's just music and music is good foryou and a healthy thing to indulge in etc. etc.........this last bit may be truebut it ain't the truth when you're using it as an excuse to fuel the true reality which is that you want to spend money and shop because it gives you a rush and a nice feeling and is in fact chemical in nature and if you just pay attention you can feel it happening. There is usually a very very subtle butconcentrated dose of euphoric feeling JUST BEFORE the actual purchase is made or about to be made, listen and you'll hear it.

No amount of tune or record or "limit" will ever be enough if this feeling iswhat is fueling your motivations. Hence, like someone mentioned abovehow it's about the "hunt," oh REALLY, is that what a high is called now, the "hunt," that word is just a replacement for the "fix" or "high" when compared to something more obvious like a drug addiction. And when a high runs out you have to get more or you feel uneasy, restless, etc.

Let's call it what it is folks, otherwise you sound like a bunch of drunks talking about what you will could or should do but won't ever get around to doing.